The 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R has finally achieved parity with the Ram 1500 TRX. Or has it?
. Its Shelby GT500-derived supercharged V-8 levels the playa. How level? We won't know until we put them head-to-head, but we can glean a lot from what we know about this new fire-breathing Ford.Whatever the actual product cadence narrative is, the TRX sure looks like it had caught out Ford, with the Raptor-come-lately-R dropping well after the TRX had"chomped" on its predecessor .
. The quarter-mile is a whole other ballgame, and we'll be eager to see how the trucks stack up in that match-up.As much fun as it's going to be to rip around in these things, they're both full-size trucks and should be expected to do a modicum of work. The TRX is rated to tow 8,100 pounds—no small feat for a truck with these performance credentials. But its mass appears to be a liability here, as the lighter Raptor R can haul around 8,700 pounds—that differential looks an awful lot like the curb weight difference between the trucks. Must be a coincidence, right?Things are closer in payload ratings, but the Raptor R also ekes out a small win there. It'll haul an even 1,400 pounds to the 1,310 pounds of the TRX.
, so that truck's additional ground clearance also apply. That means the Raptor R benefits from all the chassis enhancements and extra structure that enabled the Raptor 37 to handle them big rollers.Changes to the suspension of the Raptor R are minimal. The front shocks are 5 percent stiffer to compensate for the increased mass of the V-8; all the other hard work was done on the Raptor 37. That means the two trucks share the same 13.1-inch ground clearance rating.
That puts the Raptor R 1.3 inches higher off the ground than the TRX, which is rated at 11.8 inches of airspace. The additional lift of the Raptor R also pays dividends in approach, departure, and breakover angles—all of which are slightly but meaningfully better than the TRX.Ford's pricing strategy is perhaps the boldest departure from its Ram rival. Ford has the 2022 Ford F-150 Raptor R starting at $109,145—about $7,150 more than a comparably equipped Ram TRX.
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